THE Government may introduce emergency legislation to close a traffic-law loophole which could let thousands of motorists challenge speeding convictions.

THE Director of Public Prosecutions, James Hamilton, is set to mount a High Court challenge to a decision by a Cork-based District Court judge to strike out 80 drink-driving cases earlier this week.

By Ronan Mullen

MOST of those investigated

IF District Justice Michael Patwell wished to focus public attention on the Tim Allen child pornography case he could not have done so more successfully.

A CORK family whose son died in controversial circumstances last night welcomed a district judge's decision to make close circuit television cameras compulsory in and around nightclub venues.

A FATHER whose six-year-old son died in a fall on a building site welcomed a District Court judge's decision to move the case to a higher court because the maximum fine he could impose on the builders was only €1,900.

Four men appeared before a special sitting of Fermoy District Court last night in connection with the seizure of three handguns in Mitchelstown on Monday.